These toys were made from pine cut-offs left over from house building. The lighthouse is imaginary, but the vessel is an adaptation of a famous excursion steamer Bunker Hill. The lighthouse is illuminated by a penlight with its pocket clip removed.

When Andrew was four he asked me to make him a ship model he could build. I had been working on Early Explorersand drawing Portuguese caravels, so I made him this adaptation by using pine cut-offs and dowels.